If our 2024 results havent excited you enough, hopefully the opportunity to lead the Network Planning team to continue to deliver results for 2025 and beyond will. In this role you will lead a team of Network Planning professionals to develop and implement Etihad’s network strategy, and to build economically optimised long term and short term network plans for the passenger businesses. You and your team will monitor and manage route and system profitability to contribute to the delivery of Etihad’s overall financial targets, proactively identifying and proposing value add network initiatives that will contribute to our 2030 growth strategy.

Long term network development

• Agree on and adhere to specific commercial design principles that support company profitability targets, and ensure that network plans are reviewed and approved by all relevant stakeholders
• Deliver economically optimized long term network plans (i.e., budget, 5-year plan) for the passenger business, delivering on planned/budgeted ASK outcomes, maximising aircraft utilisation and contributing to the achievement of company profitability targets

Short term network development

• Deliver an economically and operationally optimized current season network plan for the passenger business, maximising aircraft utilisation whilst working with the Network Scheduling group to ensure that the schedule is operationally feasible and contributing to the achievement of both company profitability and operational reliability targets
• Work with the Scheduling Group to maximise results from monthly close-in re-fleeting processRoute profitability / Network Committee

Broader leadership accountabilities

• Work with Finance to produce timely and accurate route and system level profitability reports and use these reports to drive route-specific action plans with the broader commercial teams to improve route and system level performance
• Work with Procurement to engage with Etihad’s airport partners to conclude financial support packages to improve route profitability
• Lead the development of the bi-weekly Network Committee & follow up on open action items

• Bachelors’ degree, preferably Business or Engineering (post-grad. qualifications an advantage)
• Minimum of 12 years’ experience within a network function(s) at a reputable airline(s) & Minimum 5 years’ experience leading the network development function at a reputable airline, with a proven ability to manage cross-functional projects with a high degree of interaction and communication across all levels in the organization, and to engage, motivate and develop a high performing team